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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1055387" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Well, she would not suck this morning, but would suck a finger. So I called the vet, he advised getting a small nipple and he would be out at 9:30 to check on them. The local store did not have a horse nipple, but had a lamb nipple and gave me an old dr pepper bottle to put it on. Lamb nipples are SMALL! Vet got here, checked the cow, and said let's try. We locked the dam in the chute to keep her still (she was very good, and did not move once she figured out what we were doing). Doc took ahold of that calf's head and forced her up in the udder. He got her sucking on his finger and basically popped her over to the nipple. After about 10 minutes of her not figuring it out, and us putting her back on a nipple, we just backed up and watched. She worked under that dam for more than 20 minutes by herself, searching and looking for any nipple. Once she figured it out, she sucked the dam dry! Doc said to offer her the bottle after the dam was dry, and the calf jumped right on the lamb nipple and drained the bottle! So I guess she figured out she was hungry :nod: </p><p>Now we just have to watch her closely. Doc was pretty sure she had not sucked on the dam before that point, by her confusion and lack of ability to actually latch on. She was basically surviving on the bottle of colostrum we tubbed in her twice before. The dams milk is still brown, but not like it was before. Before it was like chocolate syrup you put in your milk to make chocolate milk! </p><p>Now back down there for the noon check and attempted feeding :wave:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1055387, member: 18809"] Well, she would not suck this morning, but would suck a finger. So I called the vet, he advised getting a small nipple and he would be out at 9:30 to check on them. The local store did not have a horse nipple, but had a lamb nipple and gave me an old dr pepper bottle to put it on. Lamb nipples are SMALL! Vet got here, checked the cow, and said let's try. We locked the dam in the chute to keep her still (she was very good, and did not move once she figured out what we were doing). Doc took ahold of that calf's head and forced her up in the udder. He got her sucking on his finger and basically popped her over to the nipple. After about 10 minutes of her not figuring it out, and us putting her back on a nipple, we just backed up and watched. She worked under that dam for more than 20 minutes by herself, searching and looking for any nipple. Once she figured it out, she sucked the dam dry! Doc said to offer her the bottle after the dam was dry, and the calf jumped right on the lamb nipple and drained the bottle! So I guess she figured out she was hungry :nod: Now we just have to watch her closely. Doc was pretty sure she had not sucked on the dam before that point, by her confusion and lack of ability to actually latch on. She was basically surviving on the bottle of colostrum we tubbed in her twice before. The dams milk is still brown, but not like it was before. Before it was like chocolate syrup you put in your milk to make chocolate milk! Now back down there for the noon check and attempted feeding :wave: [/QUOTE]
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